{"product_id":"event-book-launch-flowers-in-the-mirror-a-reader","title":"「Event」Book Launch: Flowers in the Mirror: A Reader","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e📅 April 26, Sunday \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong data-start=\"390\" data-end=\"399\"\u003e⏰ \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTime: 14:30 - 16:30\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e🎙\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGuest Speaker: Ruben Lundgren\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Author)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e    Moderator: Jasper from Cactus Press (local independent publisher)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong data-start=\"416\" data-end=\"429\"\u003e🌐 \u003c\/strong\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e📍 \u003cstrong data-end=\"446\" data-start=\"430\"\u003eLocation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Nowhere Bookstore Netherlands\u003cbr data-end=\"479\" data-start=\"476\"\u003ePiet Heinstraat 42, 2518 CJ, The Hague\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"451\" data-start=\"440\"\u003e💶 Admission:\u003c\/strong\u003e €5 (fully redeemable for in-store purchases)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e（Free for Nowhere Republic Passport Holder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e）\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"626\" data-end=\"656\"\u003eEvent Description\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"407\" data-start=\"55\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"80\" data-start=\"55\"\u003eFlowers in the Mirror\u003c\/strong\u003e presents a kaleidoscopic overview of Ruben Lundgren’s work, bringing together new projects,\u003cimg\u003e earlier series, found footage, and photographs from his personal archive. Through the layering of images, unexpected connections and associations emerge, inviting viewers to reconsider the relationship between photography and reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"779\" data-start=\"409\"\u003eDrawing on Lundgren’s twenty years of life and observation in China, the publication reflects his enduring fascination with the tension between image and reality. Over time, this interest has developed into a more existential inquiry—one that explores his queer identity, his position as both outsider and insider, and his long-standing interest in surfaces and facades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1115\" data-start=\"781\"\u003eThe title refers to the Chinese proverb “as the moon in the water and flowers in a mirror,” a metaphor for something that appears vivid yet ultimately remains elusive. In dialogue with Lundgren’s working method, it foregrounds a central question of the book: how do we record and represent a culture that is, in many ways, intangible?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"61\" data-end=\"84\"\u003eAbout the Speaker\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs a photography student, Ruben Lundgren (NL) travelled to China in 2005, where he settled for the next twenty years. Flowers in the Mirror draws on his life and observations in China. His enduring fascination with photography and the tension between image and reality form the starting point of his work. Over time, this interest has evolved into an existential inquiry, in which Lundgren explores his queer identity, his position as both an outsider and insider in China, and his long-standing fascination with facades.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"飛地·荷蘭 Nowhere Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"General admission","offer_id":56341062549830,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Nowhere Citizen Admission","offer_id":56341062582598,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0905\/8936\/4550\/files\/9789493363373_3_flowers_jpg.jpg?v=1775731683","url":"https:\/\/nowherenl.myshopify.com\/products\/event-book-launch-flowers-in-the-mirror-a-reader","provider":"飛地·荷蘭 Nowhere Netherlands","version":"1.0","type":"link"}